Christmas Quilt Patterns

Decorate this tree for the holidays by sewing on lots of buttons or charms to serve as ornaments. Make tiny Christmas stockings and tack them on (you can probably find a fabric with stocking images to help make that a breeze). Scattering little bows across the tree is another way to pretty it up.

Speed piecing techniques make stitching this little star quilt a breeze. The light fabric that surrounds the star blocks blends with the angel fabric used in the center of the snowball blocks, giving the snowballs an on-point appearance even though all blocks are sewn together side by side. The open Snowballs offer a nice, open space to feature any holiday-related novelty fabric. The quilt measures 29-1/2" square.

Here's a design that was inspired by Carol G's tree quilt in our online galleries. And you can stitch it two ways, as a rag quilt or as a non-rag miniature. The rag quilt doesn't have huge units -- they finish at 4" square. The mini's smaller of course, with each square in the quilt finishing at 2-1/2". You'll find a couple of layout and assembly options, so be sure to read through the pattern before you begin.

Holiday Ribbons isn't truly a ribbon quilt but its colors and undulating features remind me of the folded, ribbon-like candy that's always available during the holidays. Make the quilt as shown, a 30-inch square project that can be put to work as a wallhanging, a table throw or used anywhere you'd like to add a splash of holiday color. You'll also find instructions for a coordinating table runner and placemats -- with hints for varying their sizes and layouts to suit your needs.

This Christmas table runner is made from four patchwork blocks placed on point and surrounded by rosy red setting triangles. A narrow inner border repeats the plaid fabric used in the strip pieced units of blocks, and a wider outer border is made from the same fabric used at block centers. Simply change the fabrics to make the table runner pattern suit any season or theme.

I love the Winged Squares quilt block used in this table runner, and design with it whenever I get the chance. It seemed to "fit" this table runner, made with two of the blocks placed side by side. Border prints surround the runner.

This Christmas Stocking quilt block pattern is super easy, with just a few pieces. You can leave the stocking blocks as-is, or dress them up with ribbons and lace. And if you don't need a Christmas stocking, try cutting the sock components from other fabrics -- how about sock monkeys? The stocking block finishes at 8" x 10".

This 36-1/2" log cabin quilt is assembled with bright holiday colors, with blocks that are arranged in a barn raising layout. The block is slightly different than a traditional log cabin -- its red logs are taller than its green logs, and that helps make the horizontal "line" where colors meet appear to curve a bit, instead of moving in rigid stair-steps. The slight wreath-like appearance makes this an ideal Christmas quilt.

Fabric postcards can be as simple as you want them to be (the card illustrated here was made by manipulating and then printing a holiday photo). They can be patchwork or applique (or made from another technique) and the cards can be embellished with yarns, threads, small buttons and other kinds of trim. These instructions offer some postcard making ideas, and they walk you through the mechanics of the process so that you'll end up with a hand crafted card that you can pop in the mail to family and friends.

Christmas Orchard is an example of how easy it is to convert any quilt pattern into a design with a Christmas theme. It's made from two traditional blocks, Snowball and Practical Orchard, and is super easy to assemble -- even if you're a beginning quilter. You might also shift some of the color values around to make different components pop out in the quilt. Like the yellow squares and/or triangles -- the quilt would look very difference with a dark fabric sewn in those positions, especially if you lighten-up the squares that are currently green.